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| - Definitely the best time of year to visit the DBG (at night in the brisk cool of the evening during the Christmas season). You'd rather walk in the hot desert in July looking at cacti? Really? Go take a hike.
Las Noches de Las Luminarias translates as "Have a great time listening to music and put yourself in the holiday spirit." How many luminaria bags? Apparently, 8,000 plus a lot of lights, and live music! My personal favorite: the bell group.
It might be considered a little pricey, so arrive when it first opens and spend time enjoying the various music groups, enjoy the scenery as you walk from group to group, and stay as late as possible. Dress warmly in layers. Even it is 75 degrees in the daytime, when the sun disappears, so does the warmth, and the desert can be too cold for those shorts worn during a hike earlier in the day. I wasn't sorry that I'd taken my scarf and leather gloves on probably the warmest evening of this year's 2016 festival.
I really appreciated the docents who were stationed at various points around the park to help patrons find where the music groups were set up (I was given a map, but, well, I still got lost). I also appreciated that the docents were strung with some white lights to make it easy to identify them! And, no, I didn't drink my way through the park, but that option is available.
Until next year ...
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